The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-06
CHRIST BEFORE PLATE,



,t. world in modern time.'
E''eu snout twenty by thirty feet
/, Iu -. the figures al being lie
sizn Fyerybrdy is familiar with the
o.A. rhc scene j. car.v morning 10
H. ;.r..,orIum or cfliiai residence Of
Wv. ie fp,u,n governor AT Jeru.ai,m
NJ ,t,ture +. drawn from descrlp
,tnns IN the New Testament Of the
snnosranro md trial Of Christ
Iddttore plate fl il there re-
io,ed nat "when he was accused
Tho nrte.t- and elders. be answered
untbirr" "Aud Plate answered and
asid avsin unto them: What will We
,betI.lall do unto hlm whom We call
Ktrg ofthe Jews and they cried ont
agsin crur,t him. In the centre Of
10 tirfure j. tho figure of the
Savioiir wuh NJ. hands bound. erect,
cnmno.rd ming eteadfa-tly on the
fare Of Plate Around and behind
IN. crowd the rabb.e of Jerusalem.
.on,. frantic Others attracted by idle
,urio-,.y other. guuarent.y bent
nero, ON l.I.lirg time. Ia the immc
die..to.ctround Is u Roman soldier
Loldtf0tle mob W check with the
.rstt ht--r.tr. pontu. Plate -it-
81 ttc. rru-. .cntatiyc OF Cesar on tAc
Judgement throne. He j. mrii'atiug
and ia Vr,atly perplcxed. He knows
notbiuy a0sInst Christ. hat dare not
rn.t., The rInrnor Of the people. on
mo rioht of PLATE. stands Caisphs-.
The c6ief nccuscr of Christ. with hi
,rm extended toward the excited
norp1sce The Gpure pressing tor
IL n rutlian OF the lowest tNpe. He IL
shouting "Crcify Him Cruelty
Hin - ON the left of plhtc sit TWO
elders watching the proceedings
with deem interest. Between CHRIST
and Caiaphss. sitting on a bench. j. a
rich banker. looking on with con-
tenntuou. curiosity. Near him i. a
young rowdy. leaning over the rail
ing and soothing Ia the face of Jesus.
Pcrchcd on high stool by the side OF
the Judgment seat and resting his head
against the wall is scribe who views
the scene with sn air of weary indil
ference. a tnot Of Old men II seated
in All angle OF the room to the lett OF
the banker They are apparently ar
Quing Chri-ts claim that he is the
promised Messiah Consplcuously
raised above the heads of the crowd
IL seen young mother with "A beauti
ful face, holding child in her arms,
and looking at Jesus with tenderness
snd compassion Through the whole
picture ARE groups of figures and faces
rejecting the different emotions that
animate each indiyiduaL
TINS picture las been on exhibition
..iff 81 J. t.A a. a.
is now being exhibited IN America
1t has been viewed 10y milHouS OF PEG
pie and has created more sensation
throughout the entire civilized Worio
than any other painting ever prodnc
ed. In the city OF New ork 1t Wa
on exhibition several months and was
seen hy hundreds of thousands OF PEG
Pile. 1t was recently sold to John
Wsunamaker, of Philadelphia, tor
$4,000 in cash.
Michael y on Munkacsy, the painter
of this wonderful picture, was born
ia 1874 in the fortress OF of Munkac-.
Hugary. His parents died when he
was five Years old, and poor uncle
who TOOK charge Of him npprent.ced
him to carpenter. some students
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